Carlos Hyde solves the mystery behind his twitter handle

Carlos Hyde hopes to continue the trend of superlative running backs that have worn a 49ers jersey from Joe “The Jet” Perry to Frank Gore. The second-round pick from Ohio State also hopes to start a new trend – becoming the first of many El Gaupos.

Hyde took on the twitter name of @elguapo after it appeared on a story about him while he was at Ohio State. “I got it from an article a guy wrote about me out of Columbus (Ohio),” Hyde said. “It went from there. I changed all my social media names to ‘El Guapo.'”

Guapo means handsome in Spanish.

Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah, who rushed for 1,690 yards last year, and is a Heisman Trophy candidate this season, now goes by the twitter handle, @Ameerguapo.

“People can put their names to it,” Hyde said. “That’s what the Nebraska guy did.”

Hyde, however, wants to make it clear. “I am El Guapo,” he said. “The handsome one.”